by Ali Ahsan, Comparative Literature It is a new academic year. And I have a new academic challenge: to teach an introductory course on “Literature and Medicine.” I have prepared a syllabus for the course, and this time it is experimental in terms of reading as well as writing requirements. There are multiple reasons behind…
by Makeiva Jenkins This year I agreed to be a WIP TA with some reservation. Coming from a background of being a language arts teacher, I realized grading writing is a huge responsibility and takes an astounding amount of energy to process. You can feel the weight of grading and being responsible for the success…
by Amairini Sanchez As a grad student, I am constantly learning how to improve my writing and I am often skeptical in considering myself a good writer. Throughout my early years in school, writing is something that I struggled with significantly because English was my second language. On account of my early writing struggles, pursuing…
by Christopher Pfeifer I was a little intimidated when selected to be a WIP TA. I thought, “I’m not a fast reader, and writing is not always easy for me like it seems for some others, so how am I supposed to help university students improve their writing?” As I write this, however, I realize…